I had plenty of questions in mind when I interviewed the director of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas” last month for The Denver Post.
One was rhetorical – is anybody actually going to see your movie?
Let’s face it. A movie about the Holocaust aimed at young adults who would rather see “High School Musical 3″ or “Bolt” is not an easy sell.
But the film has made nearly $8 million so far. That’s chump change to mainstream movies like “Four Christmases,” but it’s uber-impressive for an indie film with no bankable stars.
I wrote about the film’s modest success in yesterday’s Washington Times.
(Photo: Young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) doesn’t know the reason his new friend wears a funny outfit in the Holocaust drama “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.”)
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It’s easy to see why this film is doing well. If there’s one thing my wife and I like, it’s a Christmas time holocaust movie. The holly and mistletoe, the electric fences, the strings of colored lights, the creamatoria, the chestnuts roasting on an open fire. All goes together somehow.
You jest … but all the more reason it’s surprising that “Pajamas” is making any coin at all…